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Category Archives: Leadership
Missional Inreach: Leadership for Latin American Churches
For the last several years, my heart has been burdened by the need for biblical leadership and biblical church organization in Latin America. In 2002 when I taught an adjunct course at Baxter Institute on the subject of Church Development and Administration, effective biblical leadership was a key component. I presented a guest seminar at …
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On Leadership: A Quote from Stuart Briscoe
“Leadership is largely a catalyst for what happens in a corporate body. Studies done in churches in different parts of the world have found that while many churches approach their ministry in different ways and have different emphases, a church that is vital and virile, and achieving that which it appears God has called it …
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Leadership Training in Latin America
The next two weeks will be devoted to Latin American Leadership Training. One can hardly overstate the case. A church that appointed elders within the last year has been instrumental in three new church plants since that time. Churches that are self-governing more easily become self-sustaining and self-supporting, both financially and with regard to the …
How NOT to grow a church!
U.S. culture is enamored with numbers. Churches are into marketing. Some churches seem willing to do almost everything to attract numbers. This tendency can be noted at two extremes. I am amazed at some of the things included in “worship”, for example, the sport of preacher vertical rock wall climbing. I am amazed also at …
We must simplify our understandings of leadership
Leadership is not rocket science. You have perhaps heard the statement that everyone is a leader. That is, everyone serves as an influence and example to someone else. The generalization may have exceptions, but it is basically true. You are a leader. Who are you leading? We may be helped by thinking of leadership as …
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Good News!
It seems that almost every week I receive good news about the growth of the church. Today, I spoke to a friend who is familiar with some of the churches in Colombia. He told me of a church that had recently appointed elders, and that the church now had three new “church plants” in surrounding …
Developing Leadership for Latin American Churches
The “turn around” time between my return from the Honduras mission trip and my trip to Houston to speak on the Latin American Leadership Training Workshop was not much over 12 hours. The trip home from Honduras last Thursday finished with a midnight arrival at the house. Friday morning came early and Friday was filled …
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Spiritual Leadership
Christian leadership must be spiritual. The great need of God’s people in every place is leaders who are spiritually developed and spiritually mature. Christian leadership is more than knowing the Bible. A long line of Christian leaders who have fallen into Satan’s snare and the trap of sin demonstrate that one of the first (perhaps, …
Leadership vs. Management
The difference between leadership and management is a fine line. Perhaps this is why so many Christians who have been designated as leaders–in the church, a ministry or missions organization, or a parachurch organization–get involved in management and fail to exercise real leadership. What is the difference? Earlier this month I received a daily email …